Hm, then perhaps we simply had a different perception of events. Not necessarily a bad thing. Different experiences produce different outcomes.

[And Mogget dislikes being told what to do, and having demands impressed upon him. The people in charge in Aefenglom were not to his tastes, and he did not like feeling as if they expected he would think he owed them something.]

I decided that I would offer assistance for the sake of others in the same situation as myself. Not because it was helpful to the natives. It has the same result, in the end.